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Haitian gangs recruiting starving children to fight security forces, rights group finds
Hundreds of poor and desperate children targeted in anticipation of long and bloody battle, says Human Rights Watch
Haitian armed gangs are recruiting starving children to swell their ranks ahead of an anticipated long and bloody battle with international security forces, a report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found.
Armed groups – which control most of Haiti – are enticing hundreds, if not thousands, of impoverished children to take up arms with offers of food and shelter, the rights groups said.
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